Police to crack down on OVIs this weekend

Highway patrol, sheriff's office step up enforcement

6:20 AM,
Dec. 8, 2012

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Advocate staff report

As the holidays approach, an increased number of people will prepare to travel to visit family and friends. The Ohio Highway Patrol and the Licking County Sheriff's Office are encouraging drivers to plan ahead if they will be consuming alcohol.

Lt. Darrin Blosser of the patrol said the departments will be taking part in a national campaign to alert drivers to the dangers of buzzed driving today and Saturday.

The "National Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving" campaign lasts until Dec. 11. As part of that, this weekend will be "All-Out OVI Weekend" for all state highway patrol posts, Blosser said. ...